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Originally Posted by lexie2010
I have a counselor. She says I am currently experiencing fight or flight and I have chosen flight. Certain situations I am currently experiencing in my life are causing me to want to run away from everything. That's as far as we have gotten in our sessions. Now I have to wait for my next session to find out a way to handle it. I have, in the past, been diagnosed with BPD and I have other issues I battle with when feeling the way I feel. I know this would probably be better suited for the BPD forum I just wanted to answer your question. I hate being ignored and I try not to do to others what I hate done to me.  Thank you for your comments. |
I'm glad you have a counselor.
Something happens in your inner world, your mind, that causes you the fear. Fear is what triggers the flight of fight response. It doesn't matter which response is chosen. What matters is identifying the thoughts (self judgements, self criticisms, expectations, fear of disappointing, fear of embarrassment, fear of failure, fear of success, etc) that trigger the fear(s) that begin this process. Once you identify those and work on those, the anxiety/fear is much less, so the response is less dramatic. When worked on over time, the response disappears.